Smlr_net February 2022

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February 28, 2022
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28 Feb '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *February 28, 2022* *Title:* Starbucks Workers Vote for Union at Arizona Store *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Noam Scheiber *Date:* February 25, 2022 *Summary:* The victory was the union’s first outside Buffalo and appeared to underscore its momentum in organizing company employees across the country. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3tcMz3j *Title:* Meet the Company That Offers Its Contract Workers Benefits and Job Security *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Michelle Fox *Date:* February 25, 2022 *Summary:* Millions of Americans are quitting their jobs and rethinking what they want when it comes to work and work-life balance. Companies are responding, meeting their employees’ needs in areas like remote work, flexible hours, four-day workweeks, compensation and more. This story is part of a series looking at the Great Reshuffle and the shift in workplace culture that is taking place right now. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/3K1D9hR *Title:* Israeli Tech vs. Israeli Unions: Two Local Powerhouses Set to Collide *Source:* Haaretz *Author: *Netanel Gamss *Date:* February 27, 2022 *Summary:* Israel’s largest union wants to enter high-tech - and its using the sale of an Israeli giant to Intel to make headway. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3hmC3RA *Title:* Surveillance risks ‘Spinning Out of Control’, Warns UK Workers’ Union *Source:* Financial Times *Author:* Valentina Romei *Date:* February 27, 2022 *Summary:* About 60 per cent of employees reported being subject to some form of technological surveillance and monitoring at their current or most recent job, in a survey by the TUC published on Monday — up from 53 per cent the previous year. *Link:* https://on.ft.com/3hmDek7 *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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February 25, 2022
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25 Feb '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *February 25, 2022* *Title:* A Top Labor Official Joins Greenpeace USA *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Noam Scheiber *Date:* February 24, 2022 *Summary:* The move by Tefere Gebre, the No. 3 official at the A.F.L.-C.I.O., highlights what many labor and environmental officials say is a need to cooperate. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3IjZjeJ *Title:* Jobless Claims Total 232,000, slightly Less Than Expected; Q4 GDP Revised Up to 7% *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Jeff Cox *Date:* February 24, 2022 *Summary:* Initial filings for unemployment insurance totaled 232,000 for the week ended Feb. 19, the Labor Department said. That was a touch below the 235,000 Dow Jones estimate and down 17,000 from the previous week. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/35cIUui *Title:* These Hair and Makeup Workers Want to Unionize. Their Case Could Have a Big Impact *Source:* NPR *Author: *Andrew Limbong *Date:* February 24, 2022 *Summary:* Hair and makeup workers at The Atlanta Opera are at the center of a labor dispute that could have widespread implications across all industries. It's over a question that's dogged workplaces for decades: who gets to be an employee and who gets to be an independent contractor? *Link:* https://n.pr/3JUEJ5b *Title:* Massive Strikes at UK Universities Over ‘Unsustainable’ Working Conditions *Source:* Nature *Author:* Elizabeth Gibney *Date:* February 24, 2022 *Summary:* Relations between employers and members of the University and College Union (UCU) have been under tension since 2018, when staff first went on strike over pensions. Academics’ concerns have since escalated to include what the union says are unmanageable workloads — exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic — as well as a long-term real-terms wage cut, unequal pay and a lack of job security. The latest actions and further planned strikes are expected to affect lectures, conferences and laboratory work at dozens of institutions. *Link:* https://go.nature.com/3t4tqRi *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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February 24, 2022
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24 Feb '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *February 24, 2022* *Title:* Amazon Union Organizer, 2 Others Arrested at NYC Facility *Source:* Associated Press *Author:* Associated Press *Date:* February 24, 2022 *Summary:* A former Amazon employee who is leading a push to unionize a New York City warehouse of the online retailer was arrested along with two others Wednesday after authorities got a complaint about him trespassing at the facility, police said. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3BLpNU9 *Title:* The Right to Work: Enabling People with Disabilities to Thrive in the Job Market *Source:* Euronews *Author:* Naomi Lloyd and Fanny Gauret *Date:* February 23, 2022 *Summary:* Having a job is one of the best ways to ensure independence and social inclusion, yet only 50.8% of people with disabilities are in work compared to 75% of people who don't have a disability. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3halybc *Title:* Starbucks Strategy for Responding to Union Elections is Dealt a Setback *Source:* The New York Times *Author: *Noam Scheiber *Date:* February 23, 2022 *Summary:* The National Labor Relations Board ruled that single Starbucks stores, not multiple locations in an area, were the proper jurisdictions for unionization votes. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3t4b2b1 *Title:* Data Show Major Strike Activity Increased in 2021 But Remains Below Pre-Pandemic Levels *Source:* Economic Policy Institute *Author:* Margaret Poydock, Ihna Mangundayao, Celine McNicholas, and John Schmitt *Date:* February 23, 2022 *Summary:* This report finds that, in conjunction with an increased momentum around unions and union activity, the official federal count of workers involved in major work stoppages increased in 2021. *Link:* https://bit.ly/34Xx3k1 *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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February 23, 2022
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23 Feb '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *February 23, 2022* *Title:* U.S. Soccer and Women’s Players Agree to Settle Equal Pay Lawsuit *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Andrew Das *Date:* February 22, 2022 *Summary:* Under the terms of the agreement, the athletes will receive $24 million and a pledge from the soccer federation to equalize pay for the men’s and women’s national teams. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3Idgte4 *Title:* Union Says Amazon Continues To Interfere With Election at Alabama Warehouse *Source:* Reuters *Author:* Daniel Wiessner *Date:* February 22, 2022 *Summary:* A U.S. retail workers' union on Tuesday accused Amazon.com Inc of unlawfully interfering with a union election at an Alabama warehouse where the company had already been found to have engaged in unlawful conduct to deter labor organizing. *Link:* https://reut.rs/3LQKvqi *Title:* MLB Lockout: Owners, MLBPA Trade Proposals With Small Tweaks; Luxury Tax Remains Unaddressed During Busy Week *Source:* CBS Sports *Author: *Dayn Perry, Mike Axisa & R.J. Anderson *Date:* February 22, 2022 *Summary:* MLB has said Feb. 28 is the latest they can reach a deal for a new CBA without delaying Opening Day (currently scheduled for March 31), though the MLBPA may not agree. Bargaining sessions are expected to be held every day this week. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3Iu9Jc9 *Title:* Nearly Half of the 140,000 Who Went On Strike in 2021 Work in Health Care *Source:* CBS News *Author:* Laura Doan *Date:* February 22, 2022 *Summary:* Across the country, hospital employees spearheaded some of the more significant strikes of the year: in California tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente nurses and other hospital workers joined picket lines to show solidarity for operating engineers demanding better pay, and in Massachusetts, around 700 nurses at Saint Vincent Hospital held the line for around 10 months, the longest strike of the year. *Link:* https://cbsn.ws/3BN1oxp *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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February 22, 2022
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22 Feb '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *February 22, 2022* *Title:* U.S. Museums See Rise in Unions Even as Labor Movement Slumps *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Zachary Small *Date:* February 21, 2022 *Summary:* Workers at nearly two dozen American art museums have created collective bargaining units in recent years to push for better pay and working conditions. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3LPRtMi *Title:* Haiti Hikes Minimum Wage By Up To 54% Following Worker Protests *Source:* CNN Business *Author:* Reuters *Date:* February 21, 2022 *Summary:* Employees in the clothing manufacturing sector, which export finished products to US retailers, received a 37% increase. That takes their wages to just under $7.50 per day, compared with the $15 per day that union leaders had demanded. *Link:* https://cnn.it/3LTcSUC *Title:* The Latest Employee Benefit? Helping Workers Have Babies *Source:* CBS News *Author: *Megan Cerullo *Date:* February 21, 2022 *Summary:* More companies are offering to cover the costs of fertility treatments and other family-building services for workers, as they look for ways to recruit talent and stand out from their competitors in a tight labor market. *Link:* https://cbsn.ws/33ILBDm *Title:* Build Back Better Green Energy Tax Credit Proposals: Labor Laws *Source:* Bloomberg Tax *Author:* David Blair, Irina Pisareva, Ira Saxe, & Eric Su *Date:* February 22, 2022 *Summary:* In the first of a three-part series on the Build Back Better Act’s green energy provisions, Crowell & Moring’s David Blair, Irina Pisareva, Ira Saxe, and Eric Su discuss prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3IaYepP *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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February 21, 2022
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21 Feb '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *February 21, 2022* *Title:* A Key to Returning to Normal is Paid Sick Leave, Democrats Say *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Claire Cain Miller *Date:* February 21, 2022 *Summary:* There were a record number of people home sick with Covid in January. Democrats are trying to revive paid pandemic sick leave. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/36ulK32 *Title:* ‘Staggering’ Study Reveals 46% of Unemployed U.S. Men Have Criminal Convictions *Source:* Science *Author:* Rodrigo Pérez Ortega *Date:* February 18, 2022 *Summary:* Employers should “rethink” using criminal histories in hiring decisions, researchers say *Link:* https://bit.ly/3I9jSKS *Title:* Workers at Starbucks Store in Seattle to Vote on Union, Labor Board Orders *Source:* The Seattle Times *Author: *Josh Eidelson *Date:* February 20, 2022 *Summary:* Workers at a Starbucks store in Seattle will hold a unionization vote, giving the labor group that recently won landmark New York elections a chance to expand its new foothold to the coffee giant’s hometown. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3I9pS6j *Title:* Inflation Has Many Retirees Worried About Outliving Their Savings *Source:* NPR *Author:* Chris Arnold *Date:* February 19, 2022 *Summary:* What if inflation keeps going crazy, interest rates go way up, the stock market crashes and wipes out more of her savings? Many retirees are nervous about the same thing. Inflation is higher than it has been since the 1980s. The higher inflation rate could come back down pretty quickly or be something longer term and more damaging. *Link:* https://n.pr/3I1adWN *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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February 18, 2022
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18 Feb '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *February 18, 2022* *Title:* ‘Where is my office anyway?’ As COVID Recedes, Remote Workers Prepare to Head Back *Source:* NPR *Author:* Andrea Hsu *Date:* February 17, 2022 *Summary:* The workplaces employees return to won't be the same places they left two years ago. Work flows have changed. Expectations have changed. Your team probably looks different from how it looked two years ago. *Link:* https://n.pr/33uTPic *Title:* N.J. Weed Workers Moving Full Steam Ahead To Unionize Despite Delay in Cannabis Market *Source:* NJ Advance Media for NJ.com *Author:* Suzette Parmley *Date:* February 17, 2022 *Summary: *Union fever is spreading like wildfire among the state’s cannabis workers even though the adult use recreational market has yet to open up. The workers prepping for that day say they want careers, not just jobs, and that’s spurring union drives throughout New Jersey. *Link:* https://bit.ly/36ocoWx *Title:* Google Creates $100 Million Fund for Skills Training Program *Source:* The New York Times *Author: *Steve Lohr *Date:* February 17, 2022 *Summary:* The project is a big bet on scaling up programs that have proved effective in lifting low-income workers into middle-class jobs and careers. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3hde8UR *Title:* Weekly US Jobless Claims Up, But Remain Historically Low *Source:* Associated Press *Author:* Matt Ott *Date:* February 17, 2022 *Summary:* Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits rose last week but remain near historically low levels, reflecting relatively few layoffs across the economy. *Link:* https://bit.ly/36ocJbL *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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February 17, 2022
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17 Feb '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *February 17, 2022* *Title:* As Educators, CTU Cannot Ignore Social Conditions Students Face *Source:* Chicago Sun Times *Author:* Jesse Sharkey *Date:* February 14, 2022 *Summary:* “I make no apologies for leading a fighting union. If our students don’t have homes, health care or public safety, it is only a matter of time before more of their schools are closed, homes foreclosed, jobs downsized and families displaced.” – Jesse Sharkey *Link:* https://bit.ly/3I17hcS *Title:* Workers Need Help Facing Uncertain Future, Task Force Says *Source:* NJ Spotlight News *Author:* Colleen O’Dea & Katie Crist *Date:* February 17, 2022 *Summary: *The Future of Work Task Force, created by Gov. Phil Murphy 3 1/2 years ago, started as a way to examine how technology and automation would impact workers. But it refocused after hearing workers were more concerned about a lack of full-time jobs with benefits and access to training after the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated how vulnerable some occupations were to unforeseen forces. *Link:* https://bit.ly/354YlEp *Title:* Amazon Workers on Staten Island Will Vote on Whether to Unionize Next Month *Source:* CNBC *Author: *Annie Palmer *Date:* February 16, 2022 *Summary:* Workers at the Staten Island warehouse, known as JFK8, will cast their ballots between March 25 and 30, according to the Amazon Labor Union, a labor group that is seeking to represent JFK8 workers. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/3LGQwFV *Title:* Do Today’s Unions Have a Fighting Chance Against Corporate America? *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* E. Tammy Kim *Date:* February 17, 2022 *Summary:* For the workers who haven’t joined the Great Resignation, this moment has inspired a new wave of organizing — and a brutal pushback. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/33tcXgx *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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February 16, 2022
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16 Feb '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *February 16, 2022* *Title:* A Hollywood Union Tried To Promote Diversity. Then Things Got Complicated *Source:* Los Angeles Times *Author:* Anousha Sakoui *Date:* February 15, 2022 *Summary:* The story of what happened when costumers tried to instigate reform is a tale of the frustrations and barriers to progress that exist in many Hollywood unions. But it also offers glimmers of hope. *Link:* https://lat.ms/3sLXctD *Title:* Belgium Rewrites Gig Economy Rulebook *Source:* Politico *Author:* Pieter Haeck *Date:* February 15, 2022 *Summary: *The Belgian federal government struck a labor deal Tuesday that, after existing laws are amended, would impose new obligations on gig economy platforms and set criteria for determining their workers' job status. *Link:* https://politi.co/3HUwrtD *Title:* ‘Freedom Convoy’ Disruptions Cost Auto Industry $300M In Losses *Source:* NBC News *Author: *Antonio Planas *Date:* February 15, 2022 *Summary:* Workers missed out on $145 million in wages and car companies lost $155 million because of vaccine mandate protests at key U.S.-Canada trade crossings, a study says. *Link:* https://nbcnews.to/3BmEZXG *Title:* Tech Companies Face a Fresh Crisis: Hiring *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Susan Dominus *Date:* February 16, 2022 *Summary:* Recruiters in tech are desperate for workers. But candidates are the ones who hold all the power. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/34Fx6Rl *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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February 15, 2022
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15 Feb '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *February 15, 2022* *Title:* OCTA Bus Drivers To Begin Strike at Tuesday Midnight *Source:* CBS Los Angeles *Author:* CBSLA Staff *Date:* February 14, 2022 *Summary:* OCTA would not divulge specifics of the negotiations which continued Monday with a third-party mediator. The collective bargaining agreement between the OCTA and Teamsters Local 952 expired on April 30, 2021. *Link:* https://cbsloc.al/3gRHeZm *Title:* Hating Your Job Is Cool. But Is It a Labor Movement? *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Oliver Whang *Date:* February 15, 2022 *Summary: *Inside the rise and fall of r/antiwork — the Reddit community that made it OK to quit, but couldn’t quite do anything else. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/34UQjOv *Title:* Australian Nurses Strike Over COVID-Spurred Staff Shortages and Pay Conditions *Source:* CNBC *Author: *Reuters *Date:* February 14, 2022 *Summary:* Thousands of nurses in Australia’s most populous state walked off the job on Tuesday for the first time in nearly a decade to begin a 24-hour strike after talks with the government to plug staff shortages and secure a pay rise failed. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/3GRCXA3 *Title:* Adams’ Unlikely Alliance with the Head of New York’s Teachers Union *Source:* Politico *Author:* Madina Touré *Date:* February 14, 2022 *Summary:* The warm relationship between Adams and Michael Mulgrew shows the mayor’s pragmatic approach to governing and the tough political spot the union leader is in. But don’t expect the honeymoon to last. *Link:* https://politi.co/3gKltLl *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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